Taxometer or fare-indicator.



No; 820,281 l a PATENT@ MAY 8, 1906.

G. BMM. TAXOMEATER 0R PAiRE'INDIGAToR.

APPLICATION FILEDf'AUG. 3, 1905.

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y No. 820,281'. -PATENEED MAY 8, 1906 G. BAUM. TAXOMBTER 0R PARE INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3.1905.

4 SHEETS-SHEET PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.,

y G. BAUM. TAXOMETER 0R .FARB INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3,1905.

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No. 820,281. PATENTED MAY 8, 190e.

G. BAUM. y TAXOMBTER '0R MRE INDGATOR.

APrLIGKTIoN FILED, UAG.3,19 05.

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No. eeefel.

RESLAU. Gf ERMANY.

Application led Augny, 3. 1905x Serial No. ZTZJSlZ.

` Be it known that I, GUSTA? ject of the King ci Fiussie, @Heim iesiding et B1 lm, Gern certain new Taxomeci's ci' Fel following is e specii This nwe fare-indican anism el? .vl

nected has traversed ing to the minimum sten lc' clii'ged er until en e c liesbeen censuu-.eel

v e lies been like this kind, hither@ kil-cf locking and unlckine' Wh ele the seid. e properly sffmi'am in tliei @peil enfive pas tiene.

lllccei'diig Le dised etages .3 trolling mechanism :i with 'perlfeev p31-, very sm V the eai vented i3 mi.. cx transmission me iA mum-fem Y f being; While mi equivalent amm* E "i time ie consumed i337 weit. i M the seid clistance-lies been vl.Jevewseu el' the seid amount of time lies been consumed, die tzmismiesienlever is in'unefliexely inte gear with; the counting mechanism end. meeneem pe- *vided for' returning the s id levelL sind the seid mechanism eo their orig, ai and normal 'pesitions when' the hire of the vehicle expires. When the counting meehauism'is iii its nei'-v mal position) it indicates the minimum standard faie.

The invention is (liagi'eunnmnienll-f illus-- tretedinjlieai -exe drawings, in which* Figure l s' a elevetiou ef' peil, ofthe mechanism in its inoperative posieen. 2, 3, and l represent the seme "mechenem iii V1- riens opei'etive positions. 5 is e plan of the indicating mechanism in peitiely section. Fig. 6 is e detail View. .Fig 7 is en elevation? 0f the mechanism to the real' of that el; WR il;

neing mg' the u test, with a, curved lx1/ie perl; of elle pin el, A and 1s thrown cui; of engagement will# @he .ing to this errang-ement :miv extension of the spring;

i. Fig. 8 is e side iez'iisn'x'cunipfises e trein of levers 13, arrange in e im); i2, the lever sr e. pix/01ml deg 2, adapted to be gement will en operating i"iw-en l suitablf f er weile 7 by means of en @ese euml by means el:

The lever el is L ivoiu pin 5, wh'

l, die letiiei eef Wed to the in the 2, which l1 the lle n eemes inte een-- .l surface el the deg 17 end swings the latta on ite pivot Hl. inst the pressure of' spring 15 inte the pw siticn shown in Fig. 3, sclthew the surface 1) of e 18 in the pewl is piessed ege-inst the eeifl ebutlnent' 2l); and the dog 17 Smilde raial to the iecl1et-\ fl1eel l., When the len 4., 8, :md l ere meved inte their upper position, by means ef the eem 3, the curved. lateral surface of the (log losing the sup is rotated by 'bhe spline* i5 1utchet-Wl1cel il during the iriitielisiug movemerit of ille lever 13. :lb ie ebve s that ew'- Y slight t move ment ci levers 4, 3, and. 13 me requiiediliel- LII der to disengage the dog 17 from the ratchetwlieel l. n

-vlfhen the lever 13 is in its lower position, with the dog 17 engaging the ratchet-Wheel. 1, the rotation of the ratchet-wheel causes each tooth as it passes under the dog 17 to raise the dog and give a correspondingv movement to the lever 13.

T he ra tcliet-v'heel 1 is turned by meehan ism controlled by the distance traversed by the vehicle, or it the vehicle at rest during hire the iworli of rotating the ratchet-Wheel is talen'by a clockwork. An air- Jump (not shown) gives an air-pressure impulse at each revolution ot' the road-wheel to an air-piston 100, which. operates a lever 101, carrying a dog 102 and retracted after each impulse by a spring 103. The dog 102 ,operates the ratchet-wheel 101i, whence motion is conveyed by toothed wheels 105 106 to the prismatic shaft 107, carrying toothed Wheel 108, which may be previously set to engage any one of the graduated set of tooth-wheels 10.() on. shaft chosen, according to the diameter oll the road-wheel. By beveled gear 111 and 112 motion passes to shaft 113 and Wheel 114, which in the position illustrated in Fg. 7 meshes with wheel 115 on shalt 122, worm 123 engaging with Worm-Wheel 124 on shaft 125 or' ratchet-wheel 1. Wheel 114 is shittable by means ot fork and cam 121, moved by exterior lever 1410, and can be moved out of gearvith 1 15, orifmo ved farther will clutch with wheel 116 and give a dili'erent ratio of transmission through wheel 117, or by removing -wheel 11.11 in the other direction it clutches With Wheel 118, giving another ratio of transmission through wheel 119. l/Vlieel 124 is loose on shaft 125 and carries a pau'l 126, engaging a ratehetwheel 127, fast to said shaft 125. vWhen the Vehicle is at rest, the WheelV 12/1 ceases to revolve; but a clockwork 128, acting through wheel 12,9, loose on. sha'lt125, drives the latter through a pawl 130 and ratchetswheel 131, fast to the shaft 125. rEhe shaft is thus when the taxoineter is in action normali r driven by the transmission mechanism from the road-Wheel, :and the ratchet-wheel 131' overruns the pau/'i 13G, but when the vehicle stops or nieves so slowly that the clockwork rating exceeds the pace of the vehicle the clockwork drives the shaft 125, and the ratchet-wheel 127 overruns the pawl 126.

On the lever 13 are two springressed levers 22 59, pivoted at 23. f he ever 22 is double-armed, the lower arm being marked 24. The upper end of lever 22 ends in a tooth 27, and in the raised position of lever 13 the tooth 27 extends under and lifts out ot' action the pawl 535. 4

W'hen the lever 13 is moved toward the ratchet-wheel 1, the tooth 27 allows the pawl 35 to engage a ratcliet-segment 31, integral with an arm 30, pivoted at 37, the said seg- -ment being simultaneously engaged by the ears against a lined abutment 40 and is thus prevented from engaging a ratchet-wheel 25, 7o

mounted on an aXle 42. This ratchet-Wheel 25 serves for driving one ot' theV counting- Wheels, and the purpose of the segment 31 is to keep the lover 22 out ot engagement Wi th the said. ratchet-wheel until the minimum- 75 fare distance has been traversed or an equivalent amount ot time has been consumed.

The rotation ol" the ratchet-Wheel 1 by the means already indicated causes the lever 13 to be rocked on its pivot 11, and each move- 8o ment of the said lever toward the segment 31 causes the latter to be displaced by means of the tooth 27, the segment being retained in its new position by the pawl During the return movement of the lever 13 under the 85 action of the spring 21. the tooth 27 trips over a certain number of teeth on the segment.

T he tooth 27 after a certain number of rocking movements rides ofil the lower end of the segment 31; but the adjustment is such 9othat at the end of the rocking movement by which this is accomplished the lever-arm 24 is still on the right-hand eide ol the stop 4G. During the next'rocking movement, however,

yhe said lever-arm. clears the said sto so i that the lever 22 is enabled to rotate on its pivot 23 under the influence of the spring by which it is actuated. The ratchetfwheel 25 is thus engaged by the lever-arm 24, and the abutment 10 then serves to prevent the said zoo lever-arm from becoming disengaged from the said wheel by vibration or the li ie. T he distance to be traversed or the amount of time to be consumed. before the counting mechanism is started can be controlled by 105 adjusting the segment 31. Assuming, Jfor instance, that the Wheel 1 rotates through an angle corresponding to one tooth-space While0 the vehicle traverses a distance of two hundred yards (which shall be called the unit 1 1o not disengaged therefrom until n 1 d isplace- 1 1 5 ments of the segment have been produced by the rocking of the lever 13. 1n the example illustrated the segment 31 is so adjusted that the counting mechanism is operated when a distance equal to twice 'the unit distance has 12o been traversed b the vehicle, the segment 31 being rotatec? through an angle corresponding to tWo of its tooth-spaces by one rocking movement of' the lever 13. This adjustment is such that when the vehicle starts .i z 5 the tooth 27 engages what may be called the last tooth-space on the segment, as shown in Fig. 2. The movement of the lever 13 while the 'first unit distance is being traversed causes the tooth 27 to he disengaged from 130 f i die the segment 31'; but the disengagement of the said tooth takes place while the lever i3 .is moving away from the segment and too late to allow the arm 24 to clear the abutment 40. During the next movement of the lever 13, however, the said arm is enabled to clear the said abutment, and thus cornes into engagement with the ratchet-Wheel 25 at the moment when the minimum-fare distancethat'vis to say, twice the unit distance-has been traversed. The parts then occupy the positions indicated in Fi 3, so that subsequent movements of the ever 13, due to rotation oi the ratchet-wheel l, cause the ratchet-Wheel 25 to be operated. by means oi the arm 24. li more than twice the unit distance is to be traversed by the vehicle be fore the counting mechanism. is started, the adjustment of the segment 31 suitablj-,r altered by rotating a cam-dish 33, mounted on pin 39, which serves as abutment ier an arm 78, integral with the arm 30, b lwhich the segment is supported. The earnalisli: is ro tated by a suitable key and is accessible for that purpose only when the case is opened. The ratchet-wheel 25 is iixedly connected with a nnmberavheel 26, the numerals oi which may represent cents, the axle l2 oit the said ratchet-wheel being stepped in a suitable bearing situated at the center the ring 49, already referred to. The one end of the said axle is supported by suitable bearing formed in a bar 43, extending across tl e number-wlieel 26. A springdicx le is arranged Within the ring 49, and one end of the sgring contained in the said box is inserted into a slot in the axle i2 in auch a manner that the rotation of the axle with the Wheels 25 and 26 by the lever 22 is not prevented hy the said spring, but that the latter rotates the said axle and wheels back to their original positions, When the lever-arm 24 is disengaged from the Wheel 25. The rotation. of the axle Li2 bythe said spring is limited by a catch 47, which is iixed to a spring 48, Figs. 5 and 6, and extends into thepath. of a projecing pin 46, fixed to a disk, integral iwith the Wheel 25. The said catch 47 is so shaped that it can be tripped by the pin 46 during the rotation ofthe Wheel 25 by the le-A ver-ar1n 24. The numerals representing dollars are placed on a wheel 50, which is iixed to a hollow axle 54, mounted on a sleeve 56, which surrounds the axle 42.

` A ratchet-Wheel 55, iixed to the axle 54, is adated to be operated by means of a tooth. at t e end of the s ringressed lever 59, already referred to, t e sai lever 59 being connected at 23 with the rocking lever 13. A Erojection 60 at the free end oi the lever o9 ears against the circumference oi the disk 45, and the diameter of the latter is such that the tooth on the said lever can only engage the wheel when the said projection 60 extends into a recess 62, with which the disk 45 is provided. @ne Wall of this recess is in clined in such a manner as to displace the projection and disengage the lever 59 from the Wheel 55 when the latter has been rotated through an angle corresponding to one tooth s ace. The Wheel 55 is therefore rotated t'irough this angle duringeach complete reve elution of the wheel 25.

A spring-box 52, carried by a support 51 and contaminal a spring 53, surrounds the axle 54, one enc oi thespring being attached to the latter in euch a manner that the axle 54;, with the Wheels and 5U, is rotated back to its original position w ien the dering mecl'ianisniis disconnected from the counting mechanism. The rotation ol the Wheel 5U by the spring 53 limited by means of abutment 53, fixed to the said wheel and adapted to come into contact with a ysuitable stop.' two spring-actuated 'oell-crit1ilklevers 65 and mounted on an axle @3,iio1riiailylock the 1atcliet-wlieels 25 and 55, respectively, the said levers being disengaged from the said wheels during the movement of the lel vers fi, il, and i3 by means of a projecting rod 65, whichis to the lever 3 and ahnte against the curved arms 67 and (37 oi the bell crank levers. The reliability oi the counting mechanism is thus further increased.

JJlien the-lever arm 24 clears the abutment e0, the movement of the lever 22 rearward projection ol the tooth 27 to engage a ratchet-Wheel 28, Fig/i, so that the subsouent rocking oi' the lever i3 causes antic oclrwise rotation to be imparted tothe said ratchet-wheel 23. The latter adapted to drive a seriesl oi co1itrolling-Wheels 2Q, 29, and 292. Clockwise rotation of the ratehet- Wheel 28 is prevented by means oi a pawl 64.

ln order to readjust the counting rneonanism inthe positon shown in Fig. 1 when the levers 4, 8, and 13 have been .moved into their position of out oi action by means oi' the cam 3, the pawl 55 must bedisengaged from the segment 31 and the lever 22 must be so operated that during the movement or' the lever 13 toward the segment the tooth. 27

.clears the latter and abuts against the said pawl. For this purpose Vthe leverarin 24 is provided with. a curved projection 33, so arranged that wlien the said levenarm engages the Wheel 25 the said rojection abuts against a pin 32, fixed to the ever 8. The operation of the latter by means of the cam 3 andlever 4 therefore causes the lever 22 to be operated in the manner desired. i

lfhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United- States, isy l. In a fare-indicator the combination with an operating-*Wheel 'and countinU mechanism, of means for operating saidD counting mechanism from the operatinglnheel comprising a rocking lever' normally vdrawn to'- Ward the operating-Wheel, means for limiting ref;

the movement of said lever, a dog pivoted on said lever and adapted to be swung into a position to engage said (,)perating-Wheel and means for holding said dog in its operative position when the rocking lever is in coperation with the operating-wheel.

2. In a fare-indicator the combination with an operating-Wheel and counting mechanism, of means for operating said counting mechanism from the operating-Wheel comprising a rocking lever normally drawn toward the operating-Wheel, means for limiting the movement of said lever, a dog pivoted on said lever a spring for throwing said dog out of engaging position and a fixed stop lor swinging the dog into engaging position as the rocking lever approaches the opera-tingwheel.

3. In a fare-indicator the combination with an operating-wheel and counting mechanism, of means for operating said counting m echanism vfrom the operating-wheel comprising a rocking lever normally drawn toward the operating-Wheel, means for limiting the movement of said lever, a dog pivoted on said lever and adapted to engage said operating- Wheel, means vlor looking said dog in its operative position and a double-armed lever also pivoted to the rocking lever and in indirect 'connection 'with the counting mechanism,

substantially as described.

4. In a fare-indicator the combination with an operating-wheel and eounti ng mechanism, of means for operating said counting mechanism from the operating-Wheel comprising a rocking lever normally drawn toward the operating-Wheel, means for limiting the movement of said lever, a dog pivoted on said le ver and adapted to engage said operating- Wheel, means lor locking said dog in its operative position and a double-armed lever also pivoted to the rocking lever and in indirect connection with the counting mechanism and means for 'throwing said counter-operating mechanism withV small movement thereof out of gear with the operating-wheel com! prising a pair of pivoted coacting levers adapted to act on the rocking lever, a cani o eralting said levers and means for holding t 1e dog aforesaid out of engagement with the operating-wheel.

5. In a fare-indicator the con'ibination with an operating-wheel and counting mechanism of means for operating said counting mechanism l`rom the operatmgwheel comprising a rocking lever normally drawn toward the operating-Wheel, a pawl pivote/d on said lever and adapted to engage 'said operating-wheel, an abutment for looking said pawl in its operative position and a double-armed lever also pivoted to the rocking lever and adapted to indirectly actuate the counting mechanism; means for throwing said countm'o' era't ing mechanism with small movement thereof out ol' gear with. ie operating prising a pair oi iivoted ein k adapted to act on tno .ookinglover, a operating said levers and means for.l he the pavvl aforesaid out of engagement the operating-wheel and means for holdinD 71; said double-armed lever ont ol engagement with the counting meehanism until. the e i ating-wheel has made a predetermined im ment comprising 1n r-.iljusiiable toothed ment adapted to he operated by said doublearmed lever and a (batch adapted to hold said segment in the position given it 'oy said lever sulustantially as desoribed.

(i. ln a faro-indicator the oombination an operatingnvheel and counting mecha of means for operating said eounting menno ism from the operatiiig-wheel cornprsine rockin g lever normally drawn toward th erating-Wheel, a dog' pivoted on said lei/.n and adapted to engage said operatingwhz an ahutment for locking said dog in its open ative position and a double-smiled lever elw; )ivoted to the roeling lever and ad l en i indirectlyY aetuate the counting mechanism; means for throwing said eounter mechanism witlismall movement the of with ine operating-wheel a pair el pivoted eoacting iev., acty on the rocking lever, a ca said levers and means for holdin* aforesaid outof4 engagenient with tlie n ing-vi'lieel, means for hi'rldlng said i' armed lever out of engagement v-Ji counting mechanism ui. il the opeuti Wheel has made a predetermined movein eompriing an adjustable toothed i adapted to operated l'` ih lever and a catch adaptor, ment in the position L' Y and means for returning the em ing meehanism its o1 il prismg a projection on tm aloe;

armed lever and a lil-Led abutment enacting withv said projection substantially as scribed. y

7. ,in a liareindicator the @onreine an operatingpwlieel and countingr n oi means for operatings i' 1, ism from the operati.rig-vili@eL Compil rocking lever nornmllv n towa. u' #grating-wheel, a dog g' ted en and adapted to engage sain operat an abutment for looking said dog in i ative position and a double-armed lever also pivoted to the rocking lever. and adapted te ze indirectly aetuate the counting mechanism; means lor throwing said counter-operating mechanism with small movement thereof out of gear with the operatingavheel means for holding said double-armed lever out of enn gagement with the counting mechanism til the operating-wheel has made a, predete mined. movement comprising an adjustable @einem tothed segment adapted to be operated by when disengaged imm its epereting meehenm lo said double-Mined lever and e catch adapted isL to hold said segment in the position given. it lu Witness whereof l have signed this speciby said ever, meehns for returning thelcoullcatou in the presence of two witnesses'. 5 ter-opereting me@ anism to its o'igine osiv F tion comprising a projection mythe afoepsed GUSTAN BAUM' double-armed lever and a fixed abutment c0- Witnesses: acting with seid; projection and means for ADOLF KREBS, retuming the zounng mechanism to zero IleRL HCH. 'WERNER 

